Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-03
"HoNEsr @ JOHN sHERNIAN.,,

When "Our Uncle JOHN SHERMAN" as
his Republican admirers please to call him
was on his speech-making tour through
the South we thought he had parted from
his idol, the bloody shirt. But his Spring
field speech indicates that we are to have
another political campaign conducted on
this plan if Mr.. SHERMAN has his own
way about it.
Mr.. SHERMAN gees on i'll this strain:
There is not an intelligent man in this
broad land of either party, who does not
know that SIr. Cleveland is now President
of the United States by virtue Of crimes
against the elective franchise, including,
murder, arson, ballot box stuffngs forgery
and perjury, bat for which James u.
Blaine would now be in his place. There
has not been a moment since the adoption
of the fifteenth amendment when, II there
could have been a fair election for Presi-
dent, a majority of the constitutional
voters of at least five of the Southern
States would not have voted for the Re
publican nominee.
II can be truly said that every atrOcity,
every political crime, violence or wrong IN
the South, was committed BY Democrats,
and the Democratic party uniformly re-
fused to examine, prevent OF punish IN any
case any Of these crimes.
Now that is pretty tough language for a
man like SHERMAN to use, a man who
conspired to steal the Presidency for Fraud
4. B. HAYES, receiving Cabinet place
and $40, 600 as q slight token of apPrecia-
ton for his eminent services.
If Honest JOHN'' wants TO risk another
campaign on trying to build issues on
such stuff as the above it is his own look
out. Mr.. BLAINE says he is not yet cer-
tain that he was beaten at last election.
But if he and SHERMAN both follow out
tactics such as SHERMAN uses Mt Spring
field, they will be fully convinced that
they are beaten by the time the next CAM
paign is over.
Mr.. SHERMAN gives vent to the bitter
pain that he feels over the appointment to
office of men who fought in the Southern
COnfederacy. He hints that Mr.. CLEvE-
LANDS sympathies are all against Union
soldiers. The President is found fault with
because he vetoed the pauper pension bill
and because he let the River and HarbOr
hill fail TO become a law. Because he hap
pens to be in Springfield ne tells the people
that had not there been y small appgoprla-
ton for the Henrepin canal in the bill the
President might have signed it.
Many other things of this kind said
JOHN SHEENIAN-things that we would
expect only from third class ward politi-
elan and demagogue. SHERMAN seems to
be all things to all men. While in the
Sonth he tried to tatly the people with all
manner of nice words. What he says at
Springfield is almost in totoa denial Of
what he said in the South.
The star Of JAMES G. BLAINE has reached
its meridian and is row going down on the
other side. SHERMAN is regarded as the
rieing star of his party. But while dem
agogic speech like this initial one al
Springfield may make him go up like
rocket"iu the estimation of Republicans whC
are still dwelling in the dead past and ART
cropping among dead men aud dead issues,
it will make him come down like Q
stick" among people who want live mel
AMI live issues.